Russell Thornton

Our Poetry and Prose editors had a difficult time sifting through all this past year’s fantastic writing in search of our six nominees for The Pushcart Prize, but reminiscing about all of their favourite pieces was a bonus! Thank you to all the contributors who made the task both difficult and rewarding. Below is our list of nominations for the 2017 Pushcart Prize.

Our Spring Issue 53.3 has sprung! And so has #pizzapug! To celebrate, PRISM is throwing a launch party at Lost + Found Cafe, May 8th, 7pm. We’ll be celebrating with some pals – local lit mags, EVENT, Room, Poetry is...

The first PRISM of the new year will be arriving on news stands and in subscribers’ mailboxes shortly! We’ve already released a couple samples from the issue: the poem “Tar Songs: Maestro” by Laurelyn Whitt and an excerpt from Trisha...

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